Kaitlin Donner and Renee Tomlin dueled to a 1-2 finish at the New Plymouth World Cup, joining a crop of rising U.S. women stars on the ITU circuit.

David McNamee has been competing in ITU events until last year, but this year he stepped up to go long at Challenge Dubai and even longer at Ironman South Africa.

Christophe Sargis is a fast French age grouper who resides in Saudi Arabia and has settled there. He shared some thoughts what it is like living and racing there.

Last summer Beth Gerdes gave birth to baby Wynne and has since had some very solid results including a 5th place at the Ironman Asia Pacific Champs in Melbourne.

Jan Kriska is a North Carolina resident who has finished Norseman, ÖTILLÖ, Arrowhead 135, Mountain Masochist 50, Tor de Geants and many others, and we chatted with him.

TriEqual seeks to increase the female pro slots in Kona to 50, equal to the male pro slots. But does that really represent equality? And whose slots should be sacrificed? I asked TriEqual’s Rachel Joyce.

Melissa Hauschildt overcame blisters and a world class field to win IM Melbourne and qualify for her Kona debut – postponed after last September’s massage gone wrong.

Canadian Jeff Symonds won the Ironman Asia Pacific Championships in Melbourne with a very tough and somewhat ugly run, and we had a few words with him

After her win at Ironman Chattanooga, a new coach and a new bike, fastest-bike-split champ Angela Duncan Naeth says this will be the year of her long-anticipated Kona debut.

California raised Dusty Nabor is a man of many talents and interests and he is currently very involved in triathlon, but that is still not all that drives him.

Andreas Raelert struggled with injuries for a good part of the last 2 years, but the German Erdinger pro appears healthy now and ready and eager for the big Kona quest.

Billy Edwards, the coach of the Naval Academy Triathlon team, a former pro triathlete and a 2003 Iraq War veteran, recounts the ups and downs of his win at Ultraman Florida